DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z July 29, 2017
SMOKE: Area from Southwestern to Central, South Central, and Southeastern Canada/Area from the Northwestern US across the North Central US to the Northeast... A very large mass of thin density smoke covers much of southwestern, central, and south central Canada as well as the northern US from Oregon and far northern California to northern New England. This smoke is attributed to wildfire activity especially over portions of Manitoba, Ontario, the southern part of the Northwest Territories and southwestern British Columbia in Canada as well as wildfires in Montana, northern Idaho, northern Washington, southern Oregon, and northern California in the US. Patches of embedded moderately dense smoke were visible in the large regions from southern British Columbia to central Ontario and from northern California to central Montana. Thick smoke was noted particularly in southern and southeastern British Columbia and west-central Alberta which was primarily from the wildfires in British Columbia. Very localized thicker smoke was visible closer to some of the other wildfires in the Northwestern US. Alaska: A large fire complex in east central Alaska was responsible for an area of varying density smoke which covered a portion of north central Alaska and extended to the north offshore over the Arctic. JS THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE. TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov